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    Antwan Anthony likely to be on death row for decades

    After receiving the death penalty for the murders of three people in Pitt County, Antwan Anthony is now back at Central Prison in Raleigh and now on death row.

    Anthony is the 154th person awaiting execution, but with no scheduled executions on the calendar due to several cases challenging the execution process in North Carolina, it could be decades before Anthony's sentence is carried out.

    Pitt County Assistant District Attorney Caroline Lawler says, "Even when the state is actively executing people on death row the appeals process can last 10 15, 20 even longer so it will be a long process. "

    A process that started Tuesday with the defense asking for an appeal.

    Lawler says, "They'll start the ball rolling on that. They'll request transcripts of everything we did with a fine tooth comb and from jury selection to pre-trial motions to the sentencing phase and you'll be able appeal and they'll appeal on different levels from federal courts."

    Anthony is currently serving a minimum of 51 years in prison for a double murder in Edgecombe County where he was convicted of killing two people three weeks before the triple murder in Pitt County.

    According to the statute he will not need to finish that sentence before facing the death penalty.

    Lawler says, "Once all his appeals are exhausted, the court says no more, the attorney general then certifies to the warden at Central Prison within 90 days of his appeal running."

    But that's only if the state has resumed executions by that time.

    The last execution in our state was in 2006 after the humanity of lethal injection came into question.

    In 2015, the Restoring Proper Justice Act was signed into law, allowing for non-physicians to carry out executions and the contents of the lethal injections to be withheld. Despite that, there are still no executions on the schedule.

    http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/A...374831021.html

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    Anthony entered North Carolina's death row on April 6, 2016.

    http://www.ncdps.gov/Adult-Correctio...02327%2C002328

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    Anthony back in court today asking for retrial

    Convicted triple murderer Antwan Anthony, who was sentenced to death in April, will be back in the Pitt County Courthouse this morning asking for a retrial or a new sentencing hearing because the jury may have heard someone talking about the case outside of the courtroom.

    After a two-month trial, Anthony, 33, was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing three employees at the Hustle Mart-3 convenience store north of Farmville on April 1, 2012. After a sentencing hearing, the jury recommended the death penalty, and on April 5 of this year, Superior Court Judge Robert H. Hobgood sentenced Anthony to death.

    Anthony, who has been convicted of five murders including two in Edgecombe County, is incarcerated at Central Prison in Raleigh.

    Nine days after Anthony was sentenced to death, his attorney, Terry Alford, filed a motion for appropriate relief. In it he moved for a new trial and/or a new sentencing hearing on the grounds that the jury was exposed to improper and prejudicial influence.

    Alford wrote in the motion that he was contacted by Assistant District Attorney Clark Everett, one of the three prosecutors during the triple murder trial, who said a Greenville attorney, Cherry Stokes, had contacted him about a possible problem with the trial.

    A woman who was on the jury had contacted Stokes and asked him to report unprofessional conduct of a public information officer, Alford wrote in the motion.

    “This officer ... came near where (the juror) and the other jurors were standing outside the courthouse and was very loudly running her mouth about what should happen to the defendant in this case,” the motion states.

    The incident happened during a break in the trial, and the person was speaking in a loud voice to bailiffs who were there with the jurors, according to what Stokes told Alford.

    “The officer was giving facts about the case and what ought to happen to the defendant,” the motion states.

    Alford argued that when there is reason to believe that jurors may have been exposed to improper extraneous influence or otherwise been rendered unable to continue to serve as fair and impartial jurors, the trial court has an independent duty to make an inquiry.

    Alford gave examples of cases in which people made comments to jurors or in the presence of jurors, and the courts ruled that the incidents should be investigated.

    “The improper and prejudicial statements of a third person in the presence of at least one juror violated Mr. Anthony’s fundamental right to an impartial jury, free from outside influence, as guaranteed by due process, the confrontation clause and the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, with the corresponding provisions of the North Carolina Constitution,” Alford wrote in the motion. “He is, therefore, entitled to a new trial, and/or a new sentencing hearing.”

    Alford has subpoenaed Pitt County Sheriff Neil Elks and his public information officer, Christy Wallace, to appear at the hearing. He also reportedly has subpoenaed bailiffs and deputies who were working in the courthouse during Anthony’s trial.

    Pitt County District Attorney Kimberly Robb said she welcomes the inquiry because it’s important to get all the facts on the record.

    Anthony’s defense attorneys have the burden of proving that someone spoke about the case in front of the jurors, and it is expected they will question witnesses about the alleged incident. The prosecutors will then cross examine those same witnesses.

    Hobgood will decide from the evidence the defense presents if someone talked about the case in front of the jurors, it had an influence on them, and if a new trial or sentencing hearing is required.

    Three days have been scheduled for the hearing, but court insiders expect it will take only one or two days.

    http://www.reflector.com/Crime-and-R...r-retrial.html

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    Fifth anniversary of Hustle Mart murders

    FARMVILLE, Pitt County - Saturday marks five years since three store employees were shot to death at the Hustle Mart in Farmville.

    According to Pitt County deputies, four armed robbers entered the Hustle Mart on April 1st, 2012. Deputies said three employees -- 16-year-old Mokbel "Sam" Mohamed Almujanahi, 24-year-old Gaber Alawi, and 26-year-old Nabil Nasser Saeed Al'mogannahi -- were shot and killed.

    It's a story the community and NewsChannel 12 followed closely. We spoke with law enforcement in past years on the anniversary. Pitt County Sheriff Neil Elks said the images inside that convenience store will forever haunt the responding officers.

    "I was so touched by the crime and I met with the family, and I knew we had to stop these guys, we had to find these guys, and we had to bring them to justice immediately," said Elks.

    So Elks challenged his deputies to capture the suspects within 48 hours of the crime, and it was a challenge they met.

    Investigators arrested four suspects in the triple shooting: Raekwon Terrell Blount of Snow Hill, Xavier Shamble of Farmville, Willie Odell Whitehead, Jr. of Pinetops, and Antwan Anthony, who is from Bethel.

    It took years for the suspects to go before a judge for these charges, since both Anthony and Whitehead were also charged with the murder of a couple in Edgecombe County, which happened prior to the killings at the Hustle Mart.

    Finally in February of 2016, the trial for Anthony, who was deemed the mastermind and triggerman, started. By March 21st, a jury took one hour to return a verdict finding Anthony guilty on all counts during the 2012 robbery. He is guilty of three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree felony murder and three counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon.

    Then came an extensive sentencing phase where District Attorney Kimberly Robb was seeking the death penalty. The jury came back on April 5th with their decision to sentence the convicted murderer to death.

    The last time someone was sentenced to death in Pitt County was when Mark Squires was sentenced in 2000. Sammy Perkins was the last person from Pitt County to die while on death row. Two others from Pitt County are currently on death row.

    The second suspect to go before a jury was Whitehead. In September 2016, a jury found him guilty of three first-degree murder charges and robbery with a dangerous weapon. He was then sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

    In November, the final two suspects both accepted plea deals. For Blount, the plea deal was guilty to three counts of second-degree murder and one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon. He was sentenced to 115-150 months in prison. His time already served will be credited.

    Lastly, Shamble pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder and one count of armed robbery. He was originally charged with three counts of first-degree murder, among other charges. A judge sentenced Shamble to between 13 and 18 years in prison.

    http://www.wcti12.com/news/local-new...ders/428056261

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